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February 5, 2019

REVIEW: When You Read This by Mary Adkins

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCancer / Contemporary / death / epistolary / New York City6 Comments

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Iris Massey is gone. But she’s left something behind. For four years, Iris Massey worked side by side with PR maven Smith Simonyi, helping clients perfect their brands. But Iris has died, taken by terminal illness at only thirty-three. Adrift without his friend and colleague, Smith is surprised to discover ... more >

November 2, 2018

REVIEW: Archangel’s Prophecy by Nalini Singh

JanineB- Reviews / C+ Reviewsangels / Cliffhanger / death / murder-investigation / Paranormal / prophecy7 Comments

Dear Ms. Singh, As a longtime reader of your Guild Hunter series, I was looking forward to this book. In one of the earlier books, snippets of a prophecy were revealed and it seemed to foretell the destruction of Lijuan, the horrific archangel of China who has gone to sleep, ... more >

August 5, 2017

REVIEW: The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChina / death / Fantasy / Paranormal / short-story5 Comments

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A tale of first love, bad theology and robot reincarnation in the Chinese afterlife. In the tenth court of hell, spirits wealthy enough to bribe the bureaucrats of the underworld can avoid both the torments of hell and the irreversible change of reincarnation. It’s a comfortable undeath … even for ... more >

July 24, 2017

REVIEW: Marry Me at Willoughby Close by Kate Hewitt

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass differences / Contemporary / death / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / Older Man/Younger Woman / sweet romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Marry Me at Willoughby Close by Kate Hewitt

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Welcome to Willoughby Close… a charming cluster of cozy cottages, each with a story to tell and a happy ending to deliver… Alice James has been a drifter her whole life, working her way through several foster homes before ending up in Wychwood-on-Lea, feeling anchorless and invisible. When a chance ... more >

February 3, 2017

REVIEW: A Tale du Mort by Katrina Monroe

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsadult fiction / death / fantasy/scifi / Humor1 Comments

Mort Oleander wasn’t always the assistant embalmer to the world’s worst funeral director. Once upon a thousand years ago, he was the G.O.D. (General Operations Director) of the dead, kicked out of the job thanks to corporate-wide strikes led by his brother, Sy. Faced with mountains of paperwork and a ... more >

September 22, 2016

REVIEW: Secondhand Souls: A Novel by Christopher Moore

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsblack comedy / Comedy / death / Paranormal / San-Francisco5 Comments

Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls are not being collected. Someone—or something—is stealing them and no one knows where they are going, or why, but it has something to do with that big orange bridge. Death Merchant Charlie Asher ... more >

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